# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1911_S87
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

‘The (Lutheran Pioneer.

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plied, “I am just studying the 91st Psalm. I have
experienced the truth of all that is said in that
Psalm. 1 havo lived in times of pestilence, and
God has kept me in His secret place. I have seen
war, and He has covered me with His feathers. I
came into danger of fire, and God gave His angels
charge to bear me up in their hands. God has set
me on high, and has satisfied me with long life.
~ Now the last only is left: ‘I will show Him my
salvation’ (v. 16). And that also He will do.”

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A Dull Boy’s Smart Answer.

At the close of an examination the teacher asked
the boys of the highest class what they wanted to
be. All kinds of plans for the future were reveale:l
hy the answers given. One boy said with a beam-
ing face, “I will be a soldier.” Another said in a
rather humble manner, “I should like to be a con-
fectioner.” Another wanted to be a ‘farmer, like
his father; another wanted to be a tailor; another,
a shoemaker, and so on. At last the teacher smil-
ingly asked a boy whose body and mind were not
well developed, and who was considered a dull boy,
“Well, Henry, how is it with you? What do you
want to be?” THesitatingly the poor boy at last
said, “I want to be a blessing.”

All the pupils laughed, for the answer seemed
to them very stupid and foolish. But the teacher,
in a friendly way, laid his hand on the boy’s head
and said, “That is right, my boy. “You have to-day
given me the best answer. God grant you the ful-
fillment of your desire!”

The boy, whose mind worked rather blowly, had
still been occupied with the Bible story which had
been treated in the religion lesson at the beginning
of that day and in which God said to Abraham:
“1 will bless thee, and thou shalt be a blessing,”
Gen. 12, 2

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- A Good Proof.

A fruit-seller of a Romish city is said to have
received and read the Word of God with joy. A
Romish priest passing by her shop, where she im-
proved every leisure moment in studying the Holy
Book, asked,

“What are you reading?”

“Tt is the Word of God, sir,” was the seply:

“Word of God! Who told you so?”

“God Himself,’ said the woman.

“angry. — W. 7.

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“Himself! What folly! Has God spoken to
you? What proofs of it have you?”

“Sir,” said the fruit-dealer, “prove to me that
the sun is there above our heads.”

“Tt lights and warms us, is the proof,” said the
priest.

“Ah!° cried the woman triumphantly, “that .
the proof that this Bible is the Word of God."
lights and warms niy soul.”

The priest could say no more; he went away

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NOTES.

Preacuinc ResuMep tN Caparrus Co., N. C.
—For two years the little Immanuel Lutheran
Chapel in Cabarrus Co., N. C., was abandoned.
Members moved to other parts; with the exception
of about ten souls. On September 10, 1911, the
doors of the chapel were again opened for service.
Since then preaching is held twice a month. The
members take delight in attending these services,
often. bringing friends along. Five children and
one adult have been added to our number by con-
firmation. On September 24, Harvest Home and
Mission Festival was held by the pastor. Many

-gathered from Rocks, Miller’s Station, Rockwell,

and Mount Pleasant. The little chapel was filled at
both morning and afternoon services. The collec-

tion showed an increase over last year’s.
May our kind Heavenly Father continue to
bless us with the Bread of Life.
v J. Atston, Pastor. -

Growrn. — Writing of the growth of the vari-
ous denominations, a New York correspondent of a
Philadelphia paper says: “The growth of the Lu-
theran Church in the last ten years in New York
has been phenomenal. Iti 1901, there were, in the
five boroughs, seventy-two Lutheran churches. Now
there are 142. In the last fifty years, in Manhattan
alone, the number has increased by fifty. Lutheran
membership in New York City now numbers 55,000. ”
In the whole country, there are 2,000,000 members
of that church.”

Parocu1aL Scuoors. — The Rev. E. P. Marvin,
a Presbyterian pastor in New York State, recently
wrote that all churches ought to have parochial
schools, so that their children may have religious
instruction and Christian training in connection